UNlfE0 __ _ NATIONS S ECU RITY COU NCIL 1 1 iMO LA PltG _fl' lft• OIUQM I JDGl la l SffP 0GS D U IDMIAlr 1'14 - 1MS _ • -Wfo fl'Y OP 1' 0 UILMl C Ul'U -lC Or t UM TO 1' MI 'l flD M'T1Cld ID 10 1• E tM I' ac u T u J ·'• · t O 1 1 - h t O f° _ - wit A 1 •l of • h ah - •ll• Or • A u V•l•• •• Po ul • a •• oc _ h a Lo llllipibll-c o t It v lU _ •lotiUY eppr- l a • U IJIU l •U• COIM N c1tc111 - • of a 11 • dal -- _ a w M JAII er From the National Security Archive 2130 H St NW Suite 701 Washington D C 20037 Afhh o f t h t 1 a1aa lc Re J D Hc o f I ran -ddreued t o th• - '- p rwianent Repre eentadve I hav e the honou r t o h r-in9 t o your attentio n t nat Lne • th of sy Gove n 11t nt t o t he uni ted Nati ons M • kep t • • reg ularly tntoraed o f e co nauoet iv e rewl t• o f hil Metin13a vith you including t hat o f tt nd•Y 6 eoruu y 19 U in v bic h y ou put f o rt h t he • • • proposal that you subee • ly n«t ed in 'o ur l etter o f 10 r bruary 198 4 S 16338 l bel lev• that Aa bii or d Rajai Jthou aani has also con ed to yo u t he poai don of Y Gov rnaent r egac lrq your propou l However n the receipt o f your letter of 10 PWtbcu•tY U -4 S 16 338 in v bich y o u hav e respond poai dvely to a req aest t bat we hav e been 8 repeatedly nat Jn9 fo r aoc• than aix - ontha J wou ld like t o cake thi opponur Jty t O renev to y ou ay 1pecia l r atdl and alto to hdic i e b riefly the rea90na v tw •Y Gov e ra atr t attaches 9reat aignlticar- e to the role of your fact -finding aission Afte r the diltribution o f y our a i saion'a repor't S 15834 t he Iraqi a99 reaaors cont inu-4 their ura itigated aav19e a i1aile and air-raid au acka o n 1 our civi U aoe • a3or inat nees of which have been reported through Youc EiceeUency • office to me internadonal body In other votda neit her t he p iblic dleui bUt ion o f your inion•• report nor out letters repordn J t he aubae ent Ir1iqi at tacks on I ranian re idendal area embacraued the rulers ot Baghdad at all for their c ont trued hit a on iMOCent civil iana rd for t heir further violations ot i nt ern tional htaanitarian lav The caapoaJtion of the s urlty Council and t he role of certain aeabera in it i s v ery well known to you and to the lnt ernational coaNnity The aaae sources woo in blatant viol at ion of their own reaolutione have been 9enerouely supplyi ng d i reet ly or through the hands of their lacldea all brands of aophiaticated eq ilpae nt • iUtary hard are and financial aid to Pre ident Saddm have also been a b le to pa ralyae and so • ecanorpho1e the Security Council ot t he Ur ited Nations that it not only turned a bli nd eye to •ll the Iraqi c riaea but alao rev1irded t he r u ler• of Iraq viUl reaolutlon S-40 l 983 You know very W11ll bOw t nat reaolution and the ones before it we r e produ ed Owing to auch encourag•ent t he rulers ot Iraq felt free to q en nev avenue• of criae and to relOrt to the use of ch•lcal veapona An object iv• a 1e 1nt ot t he ait uat ion in the international body bro1 J3ht u1 to the conclusion t hat the di aeaination of fact• and authentic t nfo r11atlon at out t he conflict would gradually reveal the true nat uce of the a99reaaor enell'f t he ug l y face of hi a regional and global aupponera and t he aalicloua intentions behind the initiation the continun ion and t he eecalation of the var of aggression i lllpo1ed upon I nation vhoae only fault i• an Jal alllic Revolution vi th an unshakable c nmitatnt to the divine lava of I•l• and at rict adherence to •neither e at nor West • We are also convi ooed that thia tbod e q Oeea to the rest of the oppreaae-d na tiona sOllething of the nature of t he cont ocary int ernat iOftli l organa and the v11y in which they deal vith international conflict a L From the National Security Archive 2130 H St NW Suite 701 Washington D C 20037 SI 1634 0 Bng U h Page l we octpt no 1npec1allat-mon1pul•t•d United Nation• reeolution and no conceuJon ry ••cUat lone or neciott tlona we b41lleve that c he f ace ot juatice no a etter how h arah it ••Y be is etill the moat beiUtiful and we • hall never be happy 1 1itn anything leaa than it we therefore believe that the dissemination ot t ctuel knov l • about the 'W'Ot can Mlp the intern1tlonal bOdy pen • trate beyond tbe cont -porary low treachecoue poll tica1 consider at tone a rd Mlopt an honoucable and juat poe1t1on regarding the Inn-Iraq and other international contlict1 Al a anttr of tact we wieh t l at the Unit cl Natlona Secretary-General could have a per anent m andate to prep are a factual qua r terly repoct about all international conllicu and thot the parties involved vere obligated to full y co-operate in the prep aution of 1uch a rep ort The inpactial reporta of any a nd every international organ ur t ion and 1ndNd of your fact-tindi ng •i•aion which 11 et regr ettably at pceaent th• only o r9an intet • eted in and in Charge of f ctual report• atX ut the war are our only reUabl • c hannel ot CCIIIQUnication t o the lntecnatlonal cOJ11nunlty That 1• wflY we think ao highl y of your t'act-tindincJ raiuion and we are moat happy to c • ceiv• it aa eoon •• posaible Needle•• to a ay e recognize t hat because your t ae findi ncJ mt1aion poaNSN • l uch a very crucial and i mportant r o le all l indl of pre11ure• t ro11 various eour cee ac e likely to iapoeed upon the secretariat of tht kilted Natiof l and on the pecaon of the S Cretuy -General we therefore appreciate why our oft-repeated requ a t ha• not been aoc01111n0dated up to now tho•• Aa for your nior d te vho wilJ be headinc th• miuion to a ecectain th• •ulhorit•tive poa ition of bOth Government• r atding the conflict we welcca• hill cordhU y p rovided that hie mandat• remaina reatricted to ainply a ec • rtaining the •uthocitative poeition ot the Gover nte So fer • • my Gover nt ta concerned our Po•ition been quite clear and we vould be ple d to reiterate it to J'OUI' diatinguiahed coli ague again h•• Pl naUy l lfOUld llke to expre I eatneat hope that Your lliHion 'ill be ndated to look into the reaintng evidenoe ot v e u•d by the Iraqi aray All you have circulated your letter of 10 Pebnlary ltN CIVU of th• Security Council l have no doubt that you will do Ullnl letter of • ine a noe your inatr1mt101111 to thia eff•t IPPC' ec 1 •t ed From the National Security Archive 2130 H St NW Suite 701 Washington D C 20037